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  1. Creepergriff on Chapter 4 Sun 21 Jul 2024 11:57PM UTC

    No He was not less bad than Savathun, the thing that marks him different from Savathun on the hives genocide quest however is that he initially hesitated and wanted peace and both Savathun and Xivu were disgusted by this or something like that and killed him. Trapping him in his throne world for a time until he made his return with the 'Eternal Proof' and agreeing that the Sword Logic was supreme and it was after this even did Savathun start to think her brother had been right. Oryx is ultimately worse in my eyes because of two reasons. He used the Taken yes, established the tithe system and helped broker the pact with the Worm Gods. But the key difference into pushing him onto the full on genocide we see him promote in the books of sorrow is his Sisters killing him and sending him to his thrown world the first time.

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    1. Ryellee on Chapter 4 Mon 22 Jul 2024 12:54AM UTC

      Afaik Sav was pretty much on board with the whole genocide plan from the beginning and killed Oryx specifically because he'd shown what she believed to have been weakness. The things that pushed Oryx to embracing the sword logic in full were more layered; the worm god that's seen narrating that chapter of Books pretty much says it out right. The first thing was his oath to kill Taox and learn the truth about the syzygy, and generally what he perceived as duty to his people. The second was undoubtedly the peer pressure of his sisters, the promise of power the Deep presented, and the hope for vengeance and a better fate for his people. And the third was the hunger. He couldn't just stop killing if he wanted to say alive, at this point; his worm must feed.

      At the same time, Savathûn was them the first one to question the sword logic, seeing as she's having doubts and voicing them to Oryx still in the Books of Sorrow themselves. Which is both funny and fascinating, for her to have been the instigator of the whole thing, and then the first to doubt and turn away.

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